EP1943140B1 - Gilet de sauvetage - Google Patents

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EP1943140B1
EP1943140B1 EP06828868A EP06828868A EP1943140B1 EP 1943140 B1 EP1943140 B1 EP 1943140B1 EP 06828868 A EP06828868 A EP 06828868A EP 06828868 A EP06828868 A EP 06828868A EP 1943140 B1 EP1943140 B1 EP 1943140B1
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life jacket
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Guido Berge
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
    • B63C9/00—Life-saving in water
    • B63C9/08—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like
    • B63C9/11—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like covering the torso, e.g. harnesses
    • B63C9/125—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like covering the torso, e.g. harnesses having gas-filled compartments
    • B63C9/1255—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like covering the torso, e.g. harnesses having gas-filled compartments inflatable

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  • the invention relates to a life jacket with a protective cover and a floating body, which has a ring with a neck opening and connect to the two breast floating body, which are inflatable together with the ring and form the shape of an inverted U.
  • the stated buoyancy and its distribution should ensure that the wearer is supported so that his mouth and nose stick out of the water, and that he has a suitable stable floating position with the trunk tilted backwards Waves or wearing clothing that intentionally or unintentionally causes additional buoyancy, or when wearing cold weather suits.
  • a rescue swimming collar in which a collar-shaped neck piece joins two breast panels into a one-piece, inflatable, horseshoe-shaped float.
  • an additional buoyant body At the outer edge of a thorax is an additional buoyant body, which communicates via at least one gas passage with the interior of the chest wing.
  • the known adoptedschwimmkragen inside a throttle point which is located at the transition region of the chest, to which the buoyancy adjoins the neck piece. This ensures that when inflating the strictlyschwimmkragens for a transitional period only a partial inflation of the thorax occurs with the subsequent buoyancy body, which should lead to a rotational movement of the person to be rescued in the water.
  • the object of the invention is to improve a known lifejacket to the effect that their ability to rotate in the inflated state and when wearing a subject in the water over known lifejackets is improved.
  • parts of the float can be bent, for example, along fold lines at angles of more than 30 ° and so in conjunction with the floating body connection to the lifejacket or through the use of additional fasteners create a shape that the volume of the float in the area of the sternum with the greatest possible distance to the body axis.
  • the lifejacket according to the invention is usually supplied together with a protective cover with automatic inflation. It also includes a harness with harness and back strap. For reasons of clarity, the protective cover and the harness, etc., however, are not shown; they are known to the skilled person anyway.
  • FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a float in the plan view and in the uninflated state.
  • the outer, thin drawn contour means the outer edge of the blank while the inner, thick solid contour indicates the beginning of the cavity, which can be filled by inflation with carbon dioxide, with air or with nitrogen.
  • the float is made of two superimposed, congruent blanks of an airtight material, which are sealed together along the edge 1.
  • an airtight material for example polyurethane-coated nylon® comes into question.
  • FIG. 1 a float, which is formed by a neck piece or ring 2, connect to the two breast floats 4, 4 '.
  • the ring 2 surrounds a neck opening 3, so that the breast floats 4, 4 'connect like the legs of an inverted U.
  • chin latch 8 In the chin region of the wearer, ie in the drawing down, put on the ring 2 on both sides of the center line M chin latch 8, which almost complete the neck opening 3 and thus give the head a firm but comfortable grip during operation.
  • a breast float 4, 4 ' which lie in the use of a wearer or a wearer on the chest.
  • the chest floats 4, 4 ' are elongated strips, such as the legs of an inverted U, which also widen outwardly in the illustrated embodiment to increase the buoyancy space.
  • Inside the breast-floating body 4, 4 'and thus to the center line M or directed against each other close two other floats 5, 5'.
  • the connection of the other floats 5, 5 'to the breast floats 4, 4' via fold lines 6, 6 ' which are not continuous, but have an interruption, each of which forms a passage 7, 7'.
  • the interior of the ring 2, the breast-floating body 4, 4 'and the other floats 5, 5' are in fluid communication with each other, so that the life-jacket of a compressed air cartridge, not shown by compressed air or by a gas, or with the mouth with air can be inflated.
  • the other floats 5, 5' are folded up in inflated lifejacket in the water buoyancy of the water upwards, because they are not connected to each other at their free, inner ends along the center line M.
  • the lifejacket according to the invention is usually supplied together with a protective cover to which a waist belt and, if appropriate, back strap are attached.
  • a protective cover to which a waist belt and, if appropriate, back strap are attached.
  • the known protective cover is not shown.
  • the protective cover accommodates the floating body before use in a folded state and includes it.
  • the float is folded before inflation in a special way, namely so that it forms a shallow U with uniformly wide legs.
  • the float further two eyelets 9, 9 'are provided, in the fold lines 6, 6' in the vicinity or close to the passages 7, 7 '.
  • the eyelets 9, 9 ' Through the eyelets 9, 9 ', the float at the transition from the breast-floating bodies 4, 4' to the other floats 5, 5 'are attached to the waist belt of the protective cover, resulting in that the breast-floating body 4, 4' in inflated state on sternum or sternum of a user can be held while the other floats 5, 5 'turn away from the sternum by supporting each other in the increase in volume and thus dodge upwards, whereby the Aufrichtmoment is increased in the water.
  • One way of attaching the float to the waist belt is that sewn to the waist belt straps or attached to other, known per se, whose free ends are inserted through the eyelets 9, 9 'and secured with a gag.
  • the lifejacket according to the invention not only a subject lying in the prone position in the water quickly becomes turned back, so that the mouth and nose are lifted out of the water, but by the upstanding further floats 5, 5 'improves the visibility of the injured person, since the other floats 5, 5' protrude well beyond the water level and thus better are visible. If the other floats 5, 5 'are also provided with reflective films and distress light devices, then the visibility of the lifejacket can be further improved.
  • FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the lifejacket according to the invention, in which the other floating body 5, 5 'not inside, but on the outside of the breast-floating body 4, 4' attach.
  • the interior of the other floating body 5, 5 ' is in turn connected via passages 7, 7' with the interior of the other floating body in flow communication, while the fold lines 6, 6 'allow the erection of the other floating body 5, 5'.
  • the other floating body 5, 5 ' are not supported each other during inflation, they must be secured by other straps or straps on the lifejacket that they are erected during inflation.
  • a belt or a band can be anchored with one end to the breast float 4, 4 'and with its other end to the other float 5, 5'.
  • the length of the belt or belt is dimensioned so that the other floating body 5, 5 'is held upright in inflated lifejacket. It should be noted that one end of the straightening of the further floating body 5 or 5 'serving strap or band, which is anchored in one embodiment on the breast-floating body 4, 4', can also be anchored to another location, for example on waist belt. It is only essential that the righting function for the other floating bodies 5, 5 'is ensured.
  • FIG. 3 shows a third embodiment of the lifejacket according to the invention, in which the other floats 5, 5 ' similar to the first embodiment according to FIG. 1 are directed against each other.
  • the difference with the first embodiment is that, on the one hand, the breast floats 4, 4 'are not widened to the outside, and further that the fold lines 6, 6' are missing.
  • the buckling of the other floating body 5, 5 'takes place substantially as in the embodiment according to Fig.1 ,
  • FIG. 4 shows a fourth embodiment of the invention, similar to FIG. 3 is designed, however, to support the buckling of the other floating body 5, 5 'fold lines 6, 6', extending from the area of the chin tabs 8, 8 'parallel to the breast floating bodies 4, 4' in the direction of the free lower end the further floating body 5, 5 'extend, but at a distance to end so that each one passage 7, 7' remains free, the flow connection from the interior of the ring 2 via the breast floating body 4, 4 'to the other floats 5, 5 'guaranteed.
  • FIG. 5 shows the lifejacket according to the invention in use, namely the first embodiment according to FIG. 1 with almost up to 90 ° erected further floats 5 and 5 '. It also recognizes a breast float 4, while the ring is only hinted at recognizable in the water.
  • This depiction illustrates the high level of maneuverability of the lifejacket according to the invention and its good visibility in the water, since the parts of the lifejacket erected by the buoyancy of the inflated further floats 5, 5 'rise far above the water surface.

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Claims (5)

  1. Gilet de sauvetage avec une enveloppe de protection et un corps flottant qui présente un anneau (2) avec une ouverture pour le cou (3) et auquel se rattachent deux corps flottants pour la poitrine (4, 4') qui peuvent être gonflés avec l'anneau (2) et qui forment un U renversé, le corps flottant étant, avant gonflage, inclus dans l'enveloppe de protection avec des fermetures par bande Velcro déchirables, des boutons-pressions ou des fermetures éclair qui peuvent être ouvertes de force et avec un harnais pour la poitrine consistant en une courroie pour le dos et au moins une courroie pour l'abdomen avec une boucle de ceinture,
    caractérisé en ce qu'un autre corps flottant (5, 5') qui peut être rabattu vers le haut se rattache à chaque corps flottant pour la poitrine (4, 4') par des lignes de pliage (6, 6'), corps flottant qui est en relation de flux par respectivement un passage (7, 7') avec le corps flottant pour poitrine voisin (4, 4') et
    qu'un oeillet (9, 9') est placé respectivement dans les lignes de pliage (6, 6') à proximité des passages (7, 7'), oeillets par lesquels les corps flottants pour la poitrine (4, 4') sont ancrés sur la courroie pour l'abdodmen.
  2. Gilet de sauvetage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les autres corps flottants (5, 5'), à l'état non gonflé du gilet de sauvetage, se rattachent à l'intérieur sur les montants libres du corps flottant en forme d'U inversé.
  3. Gilet de sauvetage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les autres corps flottants (5, 5'), le gilet de sauvetage étant à l'état non gonflé, se rattachent à l'extérieur sur les montants libres du corps flottant en forme d'U inversé.
  4. Gilet de sauvetage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les passages (7, 7') sont orientés parallèlement aux montants du corps flottant en forme d'U.
  5. Gilet de sauvetage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les passages (7, 7') sont à angle droit avec les montants du corps flottant en forme d'U.
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